Die for harness-mountings



(No Model.)

D. MOOANCE.

DIE FOR HARNESS MOUNTINGS.

No. 394,282. Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID HCCANCE, OF NElVARK, NE\V JERSEY.

DlE FOR HARNESS-MOUNTINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,282, dated. December 11, 1888.

Application filed January 25, 1888. Serial No. 261,860. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, DAVID McCANcE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dies for I larnes. Mountin and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to dies or molds for covering harness-mountings with rubber or other plastic material,whereby they are rendered more ornamental and prevented from corroding or tarnishing by exposure to the weather.

The object of this invention is to facilitate and reduce the cost of manufacturing harness-trimm in gssuch as terrets, cheek-hook s, bolt-hooks, and thelike-and to sec/urea more perfectly-finished article.

The invention consists in the improved dies, having the peculiar arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in whichlike letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,l1igures 1 and 2 are respectively plans of the male and female members of the coo iierating members of a die or mold embodying my improvements. Figs. 3 and i are respectivel y sections of the same, taken through line a: and y, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a central section showing the said. members in theircooperating relations. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively sections of the members, taken through X and Y, Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. is an end or side view of the members in the cooperating positions.

.In said drawings, a indicates one member of the die or mold,and I) the co-operating member. \Vithin said die or mold section Z1 is a recess, 0, conforming to the desired piece of harness-mounting in general contour and having an outer wall, d, of the full width of the peripheral face of the covered terret-ring c, Fig. 5, or the outer curved face of the hook, whereby said outer face of the covering material will not be marred by a scam or central ridge, such as would and has ordinarily been. formed when the joint formed by the union of two co-operating members is and has been brought at the center of said peripheral or outer facing of said covering.

The die section or member I) is preferably in two parts, as indicated more clearly in Figs. l and 7, the central part, b, which provides a hearing or wall, o to engage the one side of the ring or body portion of the mounting and gives form to the covering and a raised portion, I), which enters the ring or interior part of the body of the mounting and provides a bearing or surface, 11*, to give shape to the interior or one-half of the interior surface of said body portion.

By having the portion or part Z1 separable from the outer part of the section 71,1 am enabled, after the harness-mounting is finished, so far as the dies are concerned, to remove said finished mounting from the mold by forcing the said mounting from one side through the opposite side, as will be understood. The sai d section or member I) is provided back or out side of the edge f of the wall (I with a recess, g, adapted to receive any superfluous matter or material which may be removed from the covered mounting in the covering operation, and the part I) is also provided with a similar recess, 7), adapted to receive the superfluous material removed from the interior of the covered mounting by the edge U of the diemember I). The said die-section b may also be provided with a guide pin or projection, d, or a recess to receive such a projection on the opposite die section or member. A shoulder or hearing, Z), serves to limit the inward movement of the part 1) and hold the same in proper relation to the outer part of said member I). The raised outer part, if, of the section or member I) is recessed, as at D to a point in line with the center of the harnessmounting to receive a coinciding projection, d of the opposite section, a, and again is more deeply recessed, as at If, to receive the shank e of the mounting and give configuration to a part of the covering on the said shank, a corresponding recess, a in said projection (1 serving to complete the covering of said shank, as will be understood.

The co-operating member a of the die or mold is provided with a central projection, a adapted to enter the interior of thebody of the mounting and"co-operating with'the part b of the opposite member in giving form to the interior face of the mounting, and also with a bearing, a to give shape to the opposite side of the mounting to that acted on by the bearing b also with a recess, h, which forms with the opposite recess, 7L, a chamber, 7L2, in Fig. 5, and with a perforation, d, to re ceive the guiding projection d.

The projecting ends or faces of the parts a and (L are about in one plane and extend in the coveringoperation to the center of the moul'iting; and the same is true of the projection b and the lower face of the recess 1) of the section or member I), while the proj ecting outer edge or part, b passes beyond the limit of the project-ion If, so as to pass entirely across the outer face of the mounting, so that the seam or mark of joining will not be formed on the said outer face, and thus require an expensive process of finishing.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The improved die or mold for covering harness-mountings, which combines therein a section, a, having a projection, a to enter the mounting and shape the side and interior thereof, and a co-operating compound die section or member, I) I), having a corresponding projection, 5 on the part b and recess 0, with outer wall, (I, of the full width of the peripheral face of the mounting on part b, and a projecting outer part, b entirely covering the outer face of the mounting, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a section, (1, having a projecting part, a, recess 7L, and bearing a", and having a raised and recessed part, a and a compound section, I) I), having a raised part, b recessed, as at 71, having a side bearing, b and an outer part, b raised above the part b the full width of the peripheral face of the mounting and provided with a recess, g, and recessed parts b and I), to co-operate with the recesses a a in forming a shank-passage, all said parts being arranged and adapted to operate substantially as and for purposes set forth.

In'combination with a harness-mounting die or mold-section,a, having a raised part, a to give shape to a part of the interior of the mounting, and a section, b, in two parts, one having a projection, 5 to give shape to the remaining part of the said interior and the other having a recess-wall, (Z, the full width of the entire peripheral or outer face of the mounting, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of December, 1887.

DAVID MCOANGE.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OSCAR A. MICHEL. 

